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A h L ing (rises and bffws most obsequiously and beams upon Mrs C)
Mrs. G.— I am sorry, but I had not thought of having a man,
I can not well provide a home for a man. My house is not very large:
and my other servants are girls.
A h L ing.—-Oj me no bother the ladies. Me not likeethem. They
pokee fun at me. But me coohee belly well.
Mrs. G.— I don’t: doubt it. I am sony, but I can not wdl engage
a man.
A h L ing.— Me washec loo— washce belly well. Me iron, ma);e the
shirlce shinee— shinee fine.
Mrs. G.— I presume you could help excellently but I nm not engage
you because von are a man,
A h L ing.— You no likee mail? Man much better than lazy,sassy*
Meliican gallee. Better takee Ah Ling.
Mrs. G. (rising-and speaking very decisively).— I am very sony, but,
you see, it is impossible. {Touches bell), Nancy, please show Ah
Ling to the door. I am sorry, but I must say good afternoon.

A n L i ng (goes out looking over his shoulder and reiterating).— Me
much better than galee. Meliican galee lazy, sassy. Me stay in
nights, cookee, washee,
Mrs. (i.— T must confess that is a character I had not counted on.
What will come next I wonder! A h ! I shall not have long to
■fonder, it seems.
j'Nancy ushers in a tali, thin, spectacled girl with an intellc .ual cast
of countenance, hair drawn tightly hack, plain shabby goven. plain
unbecoming hat, gloves •worn out at the fingers, severed books under one
arm, a book satchel and umbrella grasped in the other hand. The new­
comer looks very critically at Mrsr Gi]
Mrs. G. (Looks blank, then thinking this caller must bo after something
else) rises, and varies her usual kind formula somewhat), (rood after­
noon. W ill you be seated?
Miss Perkinh {in very precise\ lofty ioneiy-— Do T address Mrs.
Gaskeli ?
Mrs. G.— I am Mrs. Gaskeli.